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From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  turn up
       v 1: appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at
            the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface
            again" [syn: come on, come out, surface, show up]
       2: bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the
          newspaper"; "turn up your collar" [syn: fold, fold up]
          [ant: unfold]
       3: discover the location of; determine the place of; find by
          searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in
          the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing" [syn: locate]
       4: be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The
          medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV
          positive" [syn: prove, turn out]
       5: find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the
          garden" [syn: excavate, dig up]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  turn up
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en turn-up)
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive copulative) To show up; to appear suddenly or
  unexpectedly.
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause to appear; to find by searching, etc.
     3 (lb en transitive) To increase the amount of something by means of
  a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
     4 (lb en transitive) To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc.
  upwards.
     5 (lb en transitive nautical) To belay or make fast a line on a cleat
  or pin.
     6 (lb en intransitive slang) To party hard, especially when involving
  alcohol or drugs.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  turn up
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en turn-up)
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive copulative) To show up; to appear suddenly or
  unexpectedly.
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause to appear; to find by searching, etc.
     3 (lb en transitive) To increase the amount of something by means of
  a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
     4 (lb en transitive) To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc.
  upwards.
     5 (lb en transitive nautical) To belay or make fast a line on a cleat
  or pin.
     6 (lb en intransitive slang) To party hard, especially when involving
  alcohol or drugs.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  turn up
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en turn-up)
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive copulative) To show up; to appear suddenly or
  unexpectedly.
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause to appear; to find by searching, etc.
     3 (lb en transitive) To increase the amount of something by means of
  a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
     4 (lb en transitive) To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc.
  upwards.
     5 (lb en transitive nautical) To belay or make fast a line on a cleat
  or pin.
     6 (lb en intransitive slang) To party hard, especially when involving
  alcohol or drugs.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  turn up
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en turn-up)
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive copulative) To show up; to appear suddenly or
  unexpectedly.
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause to appear; to find by searching, etc.
     3 (lb en transitive) To increase the amount of something by means of
  a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
     4 (lb en transitive) To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc.
  upwards.
     5 (lb en transitive nautical) To belay or make fast a line on a cleat
  or pin.
     6 (lb en intransitive slang) To party hard, especially when involving
  alcohol or drugs.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  turn up
     Englanti vb.
     1 kääntää t. panna kovemmalle
     2 ilmestyä, ilmaantua (sovittuun aikaan ja paikkaan), saapua
  paikalle; löytyä, ilmaantua
     3 löytää; saada selville
     4 kääntää ylös t. ylöspäin; tehdä vaatteeseen käänne t. upslaakit
     5 (''brittienglantia'') etsiä, katsoa kirjasta

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  turn up
     Engelska vb.
     1 (tagg: text=intransitivt) dyka upp
     2 (tagg: text=transitivt) vrida upp, skruva upp, öka eller höja
  graden av något
     3 (tagg: text=transitivt) fälla upp

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  turn up /tˈɜːn ˈʌp/ 
  1. увеличавам
  increase volume etc.
  2. показвам се, появявам се
  to appear unexpectedly